Progressive forces will need a bold new vision if they are to stand a chance in future elections.


Louis Römer is lecturer at Vassar College, New York. He is an anthropologist and communication scholar specialised in media, politics, populism and po... stcolonial studies.
Progressive forces will need a bold new vision if they are to stand a chance in future elections.

Progressives and centrists in the Democratic Party need to maintain unity if they are to defeat Trumpism.
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There is a clear element of eugenics in the proposals to pursue herd immunity as a strategy against the pandemic.
